Screen for headlights



E. B. PHIPPEN.

SCREEN FOR-HEADLIGHTS. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 11. ms.

1,19%,225. v PatentedAug. 8, 1916.

WITNESSES:

EDWABDB. PHIIPPEIN', or SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

SCREEN FOR HEADLIGHTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

Application filed March 11, 1916. Serial No. 83,542.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD B, PH rPEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and State of Utah, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Screens for Headlights, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in screens for headlights, especially those of automobiles, street cars, and the like, and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements herein described and claimed. v i

An object of my invention is to provide a device which may be attached to any ordinary headlight with very little trouble and which, when so attached, will eliminate the glare which is so apt to cause accidents by lplinding the persons upon whom the light alls.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described, which is exceedingly simple in construction, and operation.

A further object of my invention is to provide a screen which may be adjusted to headlights of various sizes.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the lnvention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of "this application, in which Figure 1 is a front view of the device as applied to a headlight. Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig. 3 is a.front view of a portion of the holding means for the screen. Fig. 4 is a section along the line 44 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a section along theline 5'5 of Fig. ,1.

v Fig. 6 is a section of a portion of the device.

In carrying out my invention, I may make use of any headlight. In Fig. 2 I have shown an ordinary automobile headlight whose casing 1 is provided with a door .2 bearing the usual glass plate 3. The'screen proper consists of a semicircular sheet 4 preferably of green transparent celluloid. The material may'be different, or the color may be diifer'ent, without departing from the spirit of the invention. The screen 1s perforated at the sides and top as shown at 5, and metal eyelets 6 are disposed in the openings 5 to prevent tearing-of the screen. I The screen is held in an inclined position as shown in Fig. 2, by means of two long arms 7 toward the bottom and at the sides passes through sleeves 10, which are secured to other sleeves 11, such as that shown in Fig. 5, the latter being carried by the vacuum cups 12. The wire 9 also passes through the upper sleeve 13 which has a companion sleeve at right angles to it. The

sleeves 10 are designed to be movable with respect to the wire 9.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. When it is desired to attach'the shield to the glass,

the vacuum cups 12 are forced inwardly against the glass, so as to hold the arms 7 and 8 securely in position. The fact that the arms are adjustable with respect to the spacing member 9 permits these holding cups tobe placed in such position as will hold the shield 4 securely. Instead of using vacuum cups, I may use leather members, such as those on the tips of billiard cues. Thus, in Fig. 6 I have shown such a member 13 having an internally threaded stud 14 arranged to receive the arm 8, this stud 14 being integrally connected with a sleeve 15. In this form of the device, the holding members 13 are glued or otherwise secured to the glass 3.

I claim 1. A shield for headlights comprising, a

plate having a series of openings,- spring arms having bent portions arranged to enter said openings, means for spacing said spring arms apart,and means for securing each of said spring arms to the glass of the headlight;

2. In a shield for headlights, a semicircular plate or sheet provided with a series of openings disposed at equal distances from the center of the sheet and provided with eyelets, a series of spring arms having bent portions arrangedto enter said openings, the lowermost of the spring arms being longer, whereby the sheet is supported in an inclined position, and eachof said spring arms being provided with adhering means for securing the arm to the glass of the headlight.

-3. In a shield for headlights, a semicircular plate or sheet provided with a series of openings disposed at equal distances from the center of the sheet and provided with eyelets, a series of spring arms having bent portions arranged to enter said openings,

the lowermost of the spring arms being longer, whereby the sheet is supported in an inclined position, and each of said spring arms being provided with vacuum cups for securing the arm to'the glass of the headlight.

4. In a shield for headlights, a semicircular plate or sheet provided with a series of openings disposed at equal distances from the center of the sheet and provided with eyelets, a series of spring arms having bent portions arranged to enter said openings, the lowermost of the spring arms being longer whereby the sheet is supported in an inclined position, each of said spring arms being provided with vacuum cups for securing the arm to the glass of the headlight, and a semicircular spacing member provided with movable sleeves arranged to receive said spring arms for adjustably spacing said spring arms.

EDWARD B. PHIPPEN. 

